Psalms 18:32–35
It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
It is God that girdeth mee with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
Hee maketh my feete like hindes feete, and setteth me vpon my high places.
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
He teacheth my hands to warre, so that a bow of steele is broken by mine armes.
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
‖Thou hast also giuen me the shield of thy saluation: and thy right hand hath holden me vp, and thy gentlenesse hath made me great.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, with thy meekenesse thou hast multiplied me.
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From verse 32
- Isaiah 45:5Rank 1 from verse 32
- 2 Corinthians 3:5Rank 2 from verse 32
- 2 Samuel 22:33Rank 3 from verse 32
- Psalms 28:7Rank 4 from verse 32
7The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
7The LORD is my strength, and my shield, my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly reioyceth, and with my song will I praise him.
- Psalms 91:2Rank 5 from verse 32
- Psalms 93:1Rank 6 from verse 32
1THE Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
1¶ The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with Maiestie, the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith hee hath girded himselfe: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moued.
From verse 33
- Habakkuk 3:19Rank 1 from verse 33
19The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
19*†The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hindes feet, and he will make me to walke vpon mine high places. To the chiefe singer on my stringed instruments.
- Deuteronomy 32:13Rank 2 from verse 33
13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eate the increase of the fields, and he made him to sucke hony out of the rocke, and oyle out of the flintie rocke,
- Deuteronomy 33:29Rank 3 from verse 33
29Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
29Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like vnto thee, O people! saued by the LORD, the shield of thy helpe, and who is the sword of thy excellencie: and thine enemies ‖shal be found liars vnto thee, and thou shalt tread vpon their high places.
- 2 Samuel 2:18Rank 4 from verse 33
- 2 Samuel 22:14Rank 5 from verse 33
From verse 34
- Psalms 144:1Rank 1 from verse 34
- Psalms 46:9Rank 2 from verse 34
- 2 Samuel 22:36Rank 3 from verse 34
- Isaiah 28:6Rank 4 from verse 34
- Isaiah 45:1Rank 5 from verse 34
1THUS saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
1¶ ‖Thus saith the LORD to his Anointed, to Cyrus whose right hande I haue holden, to subdue nations before him: and I will loose the loines of kings to open before him the two leaued gates, and the gates shall not be shut.
- Jeremiah 49:35Rank 6 from verse 34
From verse 35
- 2 Samuel 22:36Rank 1 from verse 35
- James 3:17–18Rank 2 from verse 35
17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
17But the wisedome that is from aboue, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easie to be intreated, full of mercy, and good fruits, ‖without partialitie, and without hypocrisie.
18And the fruit of righteousnesse is sowen in peace, of them that make peace.
- Psalms 28:7Rank 3 from verse 35
7The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
7The LORD is my strength, and my shield, my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly reioyceth, and with my song will I praise him.
- Galatians 5:22–23Rank 4 from verse 35
- 2 Corinthians 10:1Rank 5 from verse 35
- Deuteronomy 33:29Rank 6 from verse 35
29Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
29Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like vnto thee, O people! saued by the LORD, the shield of thy helpe, and who is the sword of thy excellencie: and thine enemies ‖shal be found liars vnto thee, and thou shalt tread vpon their high places.
- Isaiah 40:11Rank 7 from verse 35
11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
11*‖He shall feede his flocke like a shepheard: he shall gather the lambes with his arme; and carie them in his bosome, and shall gently lead those that are with yoong.
- Psalms 17:7Rank 8 from verse 35
- Psalms 45:3–4Rank 9 from verse 35
3Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
4And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
3Gird thy sword vpon thy thigh, O most mightie: with thy glory and thy maiestie.
4†And in thy maiestie ride prosperously, because of trueth and meekenes, and righteousnesse: and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
- Isaiah 22:3Rank 10 from verse 35
- Psalms 5:12Rank 11 from verse 35
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Psalms 18:32
The one true God.
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Third-person singular present form of gird, meaning to fasten clothing or another object around the body.
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Power, might, force, ability, firmness, courage, capacity, support, defence, resources, or that by which a person or thing is enabled to stand, act, endure, overcome, or accomplish a work.
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Third-person singular present form of make (to form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition).
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Complete, whole, sound, mature, upright, fully fitted, finished, exact, or lacking nothing required for the person, work, knowledge, state, purpose, or standard in view; to perfect is to bring to that intended completion or maturity.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 18:33
Third-person singular present form of make (to form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition).
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Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Female deer.
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Third-person singular present form of set. Sense 1: To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe. Sense 2: Fixed or determined.
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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. Physical locations or rooms. 2. Positions or offices. 3. Occasions, circumstances, or passages.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 18:34
Instructs or makes known by teaching.
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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
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Sense 1: Armed conflict. Sense 2: As a verb, to fight or contend.
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Sense 1: A weapon for shooting arrows. Sense 2: The bow set in the cloud as a covenant token. Sense 3: To bend or incline the head, knees, face, or body downward in reverence, respect, submission, or worship.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
A hard metal used for weapons and strong bows.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 18:35
The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.
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Bestowed, granted, delivered, or appointed.
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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.
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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
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Held, grasped, kept, restrained, confined, supported, sustained, observed, or celebrated.
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COMBINED MEANING
gentleness
Softness of manners; mildness of temper; sweetness of disposition; meekness.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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31For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?
31*For who is God saue the LORD? or who is a rocke saue our God?
32It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
32 It is God that girdeth mee with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
Selected passage33He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
33Hee maketh my feete like hindes feete, and setteth me vpon my high places.
Selected passage34He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
34He teacheth my hands to warre, so that a bow of steele is broken by mine armes.
Selected passage35Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
35‖Thou hast also giuen me the shield of thy saluation: and thy right hand hath holden me vp, and thy gentlenesse hath made me great.
Selected passage36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
36†Thou hast enlarged my steppes vnder me; that my feete did not slippe.